Ch 1 Exploring Data

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Chapter 1: Exploring Data (Total Time: 12 Days)
• Displaying Distributions with Graphs
o Individuals and Variables, analyzing categorical data
o Dotplots, stemplots, and interpretation
KA 82: u08_l1_t2_we3 Stem-and-leaf Plots
o Histograms and relative cumulative frequency
KA 78: Reading Bar Graphs
o Timeplots
• Describing Distributions with Numbers
o Measuring center: mean vs. median
KA 2: Statistics intro: mean, median and mode

KA 75: Mean Median and Mode
KA 85: Statistics: The Average
o Quartiles and boxplots
KA 3: Constructing a box-and-whisker plot

KA 83: Box-and-Whisker Plots
KA 84: Reading Box-and-Whisker Plots
o Measuring spread: standard deviation
KA 10: Statistics: Standard Deviation

KA 76: Range and Mid-range
KA 77: Reading Pictographs
KA 79: u08_l1_t2_we2 Reading Line Graphs
KA 80: Reading Pie Graphs (Circle Graphs)
KA 81: Misleading Line Graphs

o Changing units (linear transformations)
o Comparing distributions